HDS Rebell®

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The HDS Systems GmbH developes our software HDS Rebell®. HDS Rebell® helps with the payoff complex logistics processes in line with a automated invoice verification or a self-billing system. With HDS Rebell® you have the opportunity to analyse youre CO2-emission, create deviation and wakness analysis and also KPI Reports.
Another Feature from HDS Rebell® is our management cockpit, with gives the user his data (realtime dashboard) on his fingertips.

Overview of the self-billing process

Billing of transport services to the consignor is not effected as previously by means of an invoice issued by the logistics provider; instead the consignor creates a credit-note and sends this to the logistics provider. This credit-note replaces the logistics provider invoice (UStG [Sales Tax Act] §14 paragraph 2, sentence 3).

With the self-billing-system HDS Rebell® it is possible to augment the invoices with additional data from several different sources to ensure the optimal result, so that invoice auditing is not moved to the logistics provider as it usual with a self-billing-system.

Advantages of the self-billing procedure

Electronic confirmation of delivery for export consignments

Digital return of the actual transport costs for each recipient or order to the accounting system

Improved efficiency in processes and transactions. Time is saved trough not having to check invoices

Financial accounting requires only one posting per month and per service provider

Finalised billing up to the end of the month, so that postings are entered into the financial accounts period to which they belong

Enhanced transparency for all logistics costs

Timely possibilities for control for instance with structural changes

Evaluation of transport costs at consignment level

Monitoring of costs period to period with KPI reports and deviation analyses and indication of changes in structure, transit times and quality

All data is available electronically

Calculate

HDS Calculate® processes in parallel consignor information (e.g. delivery note data from the ERP system, weight data from weighing machines or cbm information from portal scanners, etc.) and forwarders’ information such as pre-costed consignment data, electronic invoices, ‘Track & trace’ data, etc.) to create the costing for each consignment, corresponding exactly to the service provided and the tariff agreement.
Additional information such as the Track & Trace messages from the forwarder is used to apply plausibility checks to the credit-notes using complex checking systems and can if required be electronically transmitted back to the consignor.

A summary of the features

A powerful and freely-scalable calculation unit based on the latest technology for large quantities of data with complex tariff conditions

Fully automatic plausibility check of all data sets entered

Calculation of land, sea and air consignments including all ancillary charges

Calculation and fully-automatic interpretation of transport data from different data sources for accurate determination of credit-note value

Provision of a clearing interface for rapid and clear comparison of any differences

Availability of the calculated data at consignment level with freight charges and all ancillary charges separated

In conjunction with HDS Flow®: “Intervention manager” for clearing differences in a multi-user operation

Freight cost calculator for individual consignments

Comparative calculations and simulations with all rates which are available ind HDS Contract®

Contract

In HDS Contract® the original contracts in PDF format are stored in one area with corresponding indexation as well as tariff tables for calculations.
Consequently all stored tariffs can be simulated at any time with the actual data from HDS Calculate®, allowing extensive comparative calculations for each segment (e.g. road or ocean freight) over all contracts.

Graphic display of the workflow for the entire tarification and calculation of highly-complex tariff models

Connect

In a singleWeb Interface orders can be entered and transferred to any number of service providers via EDI, Mail or Fax.
HDS Connect® can execute initial calculations (in conjunction with HDS Calculate®) to determine the best priced service provider and to place the order.

A self-learning database of consignee addresses is included as are the interfaces for connecting to the consignor ERP system.

A summary of the features

Online order entry for many different forwarders or haulage contractors. Depending on the technical circumstances of the logistics provider, the orders are placed via

EDI

E-Mail or

Fax

Automatic determination with multiple providers, of the best-priced service provider during data entry

Raw data of an order can be entered by the consignor ERP system into HDS Connect® as a “basic order”, which then only has to be augmented by the information relevant for dispatch

Managing “Track & Trace” information from the forwarder including status reports back to the consignor ERP system

Creating and printing labels with bar-code for identification of each individual package

Printing of transfer lists and consignment notes

Self-learning database of consignee addresses which can additionally be augmented by uploading a list of existing customers in order to speed up and simplify input

Control

Both periodic standard reports and individual evaluations can be generated with ease. The user is provided with a complete “KPI Cockpit“ for control and analysis of all changes related to distribution and logistics. Integrated variance indicators facilitate the speedy analysis of large quantities of complex data.

HDS Control® also includes a built-in monitoring agent which calls attention to defined deviations occuring in certain KPI’s.

A summary of the features

Simple presentation of large quantities of complex data and logistical structures

Extensive standard reports with all significant logistical and sales KPI’s compared period to period- Show and compare the top ten customers in the respective periods-Postcode areas / distances / countries selectable as options for comparison integrated CO2 analysis of the consignments

Intuitive options for modifying the reporting by the end user

Agent for automated monitoring of the structure, quantities and cost stability with active reporting and time-control

Pivot-analysis of all shipment data with drill-down function down to consignment level

Flow

HDS Flow® is the central hub for data flow and automated processes from other program modules of HDS Rebell®.

A wide variety of settings is available to make it possible to use time and data control to initiate all types of tasks and to define a sequence of events. Particular attention is paid to the seamless logging of tasks executed and the possibility of automated dispatch with various levels of detail.

Apart from the task of implementing the processes of other modules such as freight and distance calculations, daily consolidation and the collation of forwarder and in-house data, the focus here is placed on data mapping and the import and export of data to and from the various data sources.

A summary of the features

Management of all the interfaces used (iDoc, Edifact, Excel, CSV, etc.)

Tender

HDS Tender® permits invitations to tender on the basis of current production to be augmented by sales forecasts. HDS Tender® generates consignment data based on current consignments and takes account of sales forecasts. This permits the user to make highly-detailed market enquiries based on realistic future quantities.

HDS Tender® also automatically determines the most advantageous tariff type Based on current or adjusted dispatch quantities, and puts together a complete tender with precise quotation specifications for the forwarder.

A summary of the features

Automated creation of complex tenders

Creation of quota matrices based on existing requirements and quantities

Integration of marketing forecasts at individual consignment level

Selection of forwarders from the forwarders’ database in HDS Contract®

Automated communication with the tender participants and administration of the individual tenders in segments

Simulation calculation of the tender with the current conditions or with all conditions within HDS Contract®

Graphic assessment of the results, presentation in report form using HDS Control®

Over 100 specialists in the field of logistics advise you with knowledge from over 1000 successful projects and a tender volume of over one billion euros per year. Thus, by means of a highly reliable benchmark and the analysis of the actual costs, we can precisely quantify the potential savings already before the tender. By means of an exact invoice check, we enable our customers to gain transparent knowledge about their logistics structures and to identify the cost drivers